Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering Frameworks (aka "MA STE Frameworks" or "MA STE Standards")
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Earth Materials and Water Flow MA MA STE Frameworks 3-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use graphs and tables of local weather data to describe and predict typical weather during a particular season in an area.
Earth Materials and Water Flow MA MA STE Frameworks 3-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain and summarize information about the climate of different regions of the world to illustrate that typical weather conditions over a year vary by region.
Earth Materials and Water Flow MA MA STE Frameworks 3-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Evaluate the merit of a design solution that reduces the damage caused by weather.
Engineering Permeable Concrete MA MA STE Frameworks 3-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Evaluate the merit of a design solution that reduces the damage caused by weather.
Frog Life Cycle MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use simple graphical representations to show that different types of organisms have unique and diverse life cycles. Describe that all organisms have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common but there are a variety of ways in which these happen.
Selecting Traits MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Provide evidence, including through the analysis of data, that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exist in a group of similar organisms.
Selecting Traits MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Distinguish between inherited characteristics and those characteristics that result from a direct interaction with the environment. Give examples of characteristics of living organisms that are influenced by both inheritance and the environment.
Changing Earth's Surface MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS4-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use fossils to describe types of organisms and their environments that existed long ago and compare those to living organisms and their environments. Recognize that most kinds of plants and animals that once lived on Earth are no longer found anywhere.
Selecting Traits MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS4-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals within the same species may provide advantages to these individuals in their survival and reproduction.
Selecting Traits MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS4-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular environment some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive.
Selecting Traits MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS4-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Analyze and interpret given data about changes in a habitat and describe how the changes may affect the ability of organisms that live in that habitat to survive and reproduce.
Frog Life Cycle MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS4-5 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Provide evidence to support a claim that the survival of a population is dependent upon reproduction.
Selecting Traits MA MA STE Frameworks 3-LS4-5 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Provide evidence to support a claim that the survival of a population is dependent upon reproduction.
Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces MA MA STE Frameworks 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.
Energy and Collisions MA MA STE Frameworks 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.
Energy Transfer and Levers MA MA STE Frameworks 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.

Engineering Launchers MA MA STE Frameworks 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.

Forces and Levers MA MA STE Frameworks 3-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4 Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.
Engineering Permeable Concrete MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Engineering Launchers MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Engineering Electric Cars MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Engineering Permeable Concrete MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate several possible solutions to a design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.

Engineering Launchers MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate several possible solutions to a design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Engineering Electric Cars MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-2 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Generate several possible solutions to a design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Engineering Electric Cars MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Engineering Permeable Concrete MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-4 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Engineering Launchers MA MA STE Frameworks 3.3-5-ETS1-4 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct a claim with evidence that changes to a landscape due to erosion and deposition over long periods of time result in rock layers and landforms that can be interpreted today. Use evidence from a given landscape that includes simple landforms and rock layers to support a claim about the role of erosion or deposition in the formation of the landscape.
Water Erosion MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct a claim with evidence that changes to a landscape due to erosion and deposition over long periods of time result in rock layers and landforms that can be interpreted today. Use evidence from a given landscape that includes simple landforms and rock layers to support a claim about the role of erosion or deposition in the formation of the landscape.
Changing Earth's Surface MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct a claim with evidence that changes to a landscape due to erosion and deposition over long periods of time result in rock layers and landforms that can be interpreted today. Use evidence from a given landscape that includes simple landforms and rock layers to support a claim about the role of erosion or deposition in the formation of the landscape.
Water Erosion MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations and collect data to provide evidence that rocks, soils, and sediments are broken into smaller pieces through mechanical weathering and moved around through erosion by water, ice, wind, and vegetation.
Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Analyze and interpret maps of Earth’s mountain ranges, deep ocean trenches, and the placement of volcanoes and earthquakes to describe patterns of these features and their locations relative to boundaries between continents and oceans.
Water Erosion MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain information to describe that energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural resources and that some energy and fuel sources are renewable and some are not.

Changing Earth's Surface MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain information to describe that energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural resources and that some energy and fuel sources are renewable and some are not.

Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain information to describe that energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural resources and that some energy and fuel sources are renewable and some are not.
Engineering Permeable Concrete MA MA STE Frameworks 4-ESS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Evaluate different solutions to reduce the impacts of a natural event such as an earthquake, blizzard, or flood on humans.
Plant Structures MA MA STE Frameworks 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Frog Life Cycle MA MA STE Frameworks 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Mealworm Senses MA MA STE Frameworks 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Selecting Traits MA MA STE Frameworks 4-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Energy and Collisions MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Energy Transfer and Levers MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Launchers MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Current Electricity MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Electric Cars MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Waves and Energy MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Pitch and Volume MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Engineering Information Transfer MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Forces and Levers MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4 Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Energy and Collisions MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.
Engineering Launchers MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Engineering Electric Cars MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Engineering Information Transfer MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS3-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Waves and Energy MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS4-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop a model of a simple mechanical wave (including sound) to communicate that waves (a) are regular patterns of motion along which energy travels and (b) can cause objects to move.
Engineering Information Transfer MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS4-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop a model to describe that light must reflect off an object and enter the eye for the object to be seen.
Engineering Information Transfer MA MA STE Frameworks 4-PS4-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop and compare multiple ways to transfer information through encoding, sending, receiving, and decoding a pattern.
Engineering Permeable Concrete MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Engineering Launchers MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Engineering Electric Cars MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Engineering Information Transfer MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Engineering Permeable Concrete MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-5 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Engineering Launchers MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-5 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Engineering Electric Cars MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-5 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Engineering Information Transfer MA MA STE Frameworks 4.3-5-ETS1-5 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use observations, first-hand and from various media, to argue that the sun is a star that appears larger and brighter than other stars because it is closer to Earth.
Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS1-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use a model to communicate Earth’s relationship to the Sun, Moon, and other stars that explain (a) why people on Earth experience day and night, (b) patterns in daily changes in length and direction of shadows over a day, and (c) changes in the apparent position of the Sun, Moon, and stars at different times during a day, over a month, and over a year.
Earth Materials and Water Flow MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use a model to describe the cycling of water through a watershed through evaporation, precipitation, surface runoff, condensation, transpiration, and runoff.
Earth Materials and Water Flow MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS2-2 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Describe and graph the relative amounts of salt water in the ocean; fresh water in lakes, rivers, and ground water; and fresh water frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps to provide evidence about the availability of fresh water in Earth’s biosphere.
Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ESS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Obtain and combine information about ways communities reduce the impact on the Earth’s resources and environment by changing an agricultural, industrial, or community practice or process.
Engineering Electric Cars MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ETS3-1 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Engineering Launchers MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ETS3-1 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Engineering Electric Cars MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ETS3-2 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.
Engineering Launchers MA MA STE Frameworks 5-ETS3-2 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.

Food Webs MA MA STE Frameworks 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Ask testable questions about the process by which plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce sugars and plant materials needed for growth and reproduction.
Plant Structures MA MA STE Frameworks 5-LS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Ask testable questions about the process by which plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce sugars and plant materials needed for growth and reproduction.
Food Webs MA MA STE Frameworks 5-LS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among producers, consumers, decomposers, and the air, water, and soil in the environment to (a) show that plants produce sugars and plant materials, (b) show that animals eat plants and/or other animals for food and (c) show that some organisms, including fungi and bacteria, break down dead organisms and recycle some materials back to the air and soil.
Properties of Matter MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Waves and Energy MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Pitch and Volume MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Current Electricity MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Pitch and Volume MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations and measurements to identify substances based on their unique properties, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.

Engineering Electric Cars MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-3 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Water Erosion MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS1-4 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Conduct an experiment to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances with new properties.

Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Energy Transfer and Levers MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Engineering Launchers MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Forces and Levers MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS2-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Food Webs MA MA STE Frameworks 5-PS3-1 [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Use a model to describe that the food animals digest (a) contains energy that was once energy from the sun, and (b) provides energy and nutrients for life processes, including body repair, growth, motion, body warmth, and reproduction.
Engineering Permeable Concrete MA MA STE Frameworks 5.ESS3-2 (MA) [{id=111674358584, createdAt=1681899835616, updatedAt=1681899838563, 1='{type=string, value=4}'}] 4

Test a simple system designed to filter an impurity out of water and propose one change to the design to improve it.
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Phenomena Based Lessons Aligned to Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering Frameworks (aka "MA STE Frameworks" or "MA STE Standards").

Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use graphs and tables of local weather data to describe and predict typical weather during a particular season in an area.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and summarize information about the climate of different regions of the world to illustrate that typical weather conditions over a year vary by region.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate the merit of a design solution that reduces the damage caused by weather.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate the merit of a design solution that reduces the damage caused by weather.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use simple graphical representations to show that different types of organisms have unique and diverse life cycles. Describe that all organisms have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common but there are a variety of ways in which these happen.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence, including through the analysis of data, that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exist in a group of similar organisms.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS3-1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Distinguish between inherited characteristics and those characteristics that result from a direct interaction with the environment. Give examples of characteristics of living organisms that are influenced by both inheritance and the environment.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS3-2
Science Lesson : Changing Earth's Surface
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use fossils to describe types of organisms and their environments that existed long ago and compare those to living organisms and their environments. Recognize that most kinds of plants and animals that once lived on Earth are no longer found anywhere.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS4-1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals within the same species may provide advantages to these individuals in their survival and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS4-2
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular environment some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS4-3
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret given data about changes in a habitat and describe how the changes may affect the ability of organisms that live in that habitat to survive and reproduce.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS4-4
Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence to support a claim that the survival of a population is dependent upon reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS4-5 (MA)
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence to support a claim that the survival of a population is dependent upon reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-LS4-5 (MA)
Science Lesson : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy Transfer and Levers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.

Grades: 4
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.

Grades: 4
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation: Provide evidence to explain the effect of multiple forces, including friction, on an object. Include balanced forces that do not change the motion of the object and unbalanced forces that do change the motion of the object.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Define a simple design problem that reflects a need or a want. Include criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost that a potential solution must meet.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Generate several possible solutions to a design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.

Grades: 4
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Generate several possible solutions to a design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Generate several possible solutions to a design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Grades: 4
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Grades: 4
State ID: 3.3-5-ETS1-4
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Grades: 4
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Gather information using various informational resources on possible solutions to a design problem. Present different representations of a design solution.
Grades: 4
Science Lesson : Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct a claim with evidence that changes to a landscape due to erosion and deposition over long periods of time result in rock layers and landforms that can be interpreted today. Use evidence from a given landscape that includes simple landforms and rock layers to support a claim about the role of erosion or deposition in the formation of the landscape.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct a claim with evidence that changes to a landscape due to erosion and deposition over long periods of time result in rock layers and landforms that can be interpreted today. Use evidence from a given landscape that includes simple landforms and rock layers to support a claim about the role of erosion or deposition in the formation of the landscape.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Changing Earth's Surface
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct a claim with evidence that changes to a landscape due to erosion and deposition over long periods of time result in rock layers and landforms that can be interpreted today. Use evidence from a given landscape that includes simple landforms and rock layers to support a claim about the role of erosion or deposition in the formation of the landscape.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and collect data to provide evidence that rocks, soils, and sediments are broken into smaller pieces through mechanical weathering and moved around through erosion by water, ice, wind, and vegetation.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Analyze and interpret maps of Earth’s mountain ranges, deep ocean trenches, and the placement of volcanoes and earthquakes to describe patterns of these features and their locations relative to boundaries between continents and oceans.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information to describe that energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural resources and that some energy and fuel sources are renewable and some are not.

Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Changing Earth's Surface
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information to describe that energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural resources and that some energy and fuel sources are renewable and some are not.

Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Obtain information to describe that energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural resources and that some energy and fuel sources are renewable and some are not.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate different solutions to reduce the impacts of a natural event such as an earthquake, blizzard, or flood on humans.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-ESS3-2
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Frog Life Cycle
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Mealworm Senses
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Selecting Traits
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Energy Transfer and Levers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation: Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-2
Science Lesson : Energy and Collisions
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS3-4
Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model of a simple mechanical wave (including sound) to communicate that waves (a) are regular patterns of motion along which energy travels and (b) can cause objects to move.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS4-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe that light must reflect off an object and enter the eye for the object to be seen.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS4-2
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Develop and compare multiple ways to transfer information through encoding, sending, receiving, and decoding a pattern.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4-PS4-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4.3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4.3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4.3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Plan and carry out tests of one or more design features of a given model or prototype in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify which features need to be improved. Apply the results of tests to redesign a model or prototype.
Grades: 4
State ID: 4.3-5-ETS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Grades: 4
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Grades: 4
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Grades: 4
Science Lesson : Engineering Information Transfer
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Grades: 4
Science Lesson : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use observations, first-hand and from various media, to argue that the sun is a star that appears larger and brighter than other stars because it is closer to Earth.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ESS1-1
Science Lesson : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to communicate Earth’s relationship to the Sun, Moon, and other stars that explain (a) why people on Earth experience day and night, (b) patterns in daily changes in length and direction of shadows over a day, and (c) changes in the apparent position of the Sun, Moon, and stars at different times during a day, over a month, and over a year.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ESS1-2
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to describe the cycling of water through a watershed through evaporation, precipitation, surface runoff, condensation, transpiration, and runoff.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ESS2-1
Science Lesson : Earth Materials and Water Flow
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Describe and graph the relative amounts of salt water in the ocean; fresh water in lakes, rivers, and ground water; and fresh water frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps to provide evidence about the availability of fresh water in Earth’s biosphere.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ESS2-2
Science Lesson : Hydroelectric Dams and the Environment
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Obtain and combine information about ways communities reduce the impact on the Earth’s resources and environment by changing an agricultural, industrial, or community practice or process.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ESS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ETS3-1 (MA)
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ETS3-1 (MA)
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ETS3-2 (MA)
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use sketches or drawings to show how each part of a product or device relates to other parts in the product or device.

Grades: 4
State ID: 5-ETS3-2 (MA)
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Ask testable questions about the process by which plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce sugars and plant materials needed for growth and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Plant Structures
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Ask testable questions about the process by which plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce sugars and plant materials needed for growth and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-LS1-1
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among producers, consumers, decomposers, and the air, water, and soil in the environment to (a) show that plants produce sugars and plant materials, (b) show that animals eat plants and/or other animals for food and (c) show that some organisms, including fungi and bacteria, break down dead organisms and recycle some materials back to the air and soil.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-LS2-1
Science Lesson : Properties of Matter
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Waves and Energy
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a particle model of matter to explain common phenomena involving gases, and phase changes between gas and liquid and between liquid and solid.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-1
Science Lesson : Current Electricity
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Pitch and Volume
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Plate Tectonics and Landform Patterns
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements to identify substances based on their unique properties, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.

Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Engineering Electric Cars
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Make observations and measurements of substances to describe characteristic properties of each, including color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-3
Science Lesson : Water Erosion
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Conduct an experiment to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances with new properties.

Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS1-4
Science Lesson : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Forces
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Energy Transfer and Levers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Launchers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Forces and Levers
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Support an argument with evidence that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed toward Earth’s center.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS2-1
Science Lesson : Food Webs
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Use a model to describe that the food animals digest (a) contains energy that was once energy from the sun, and (b) provides energy and nutrients for life processes, including body repair, growth, motion, body warmth, and reproduction.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5-PS3-1
Science Lesson : Engineering Permeable Concrete
State: MA
Standards: MA STE Frameworks
Performance Expectation:

Test a simple system designed to filter an impurity out of water and propose one change to the design to improve it.
Grades: 4
State ID: 5.ESS3-2 (MA)
This guide shows how KnowAtom’s integrated model of K-8 hands-on science curriculum is designed for Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering Frameworks (aka "MA STE Frameworks" or "MA STE Standards")
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